Acknowledgements Biography of Sharad Joshi in Marathi and English could not have been written without the cooperation of his several close associates. They were kind enough to give me personal interview, in many cases more than once, and share their memories of the man and his struggles. Many gave old newspaper clippings or letters. If there is anything of substance in this biography the credit is theirs. Responsibility for any errors and omissions is of course mine. I would like to express heartfelt gratitude to the following persons for giving me their precious time: Sureshchandra Mhatre, Badrinath Deokar, Shubha Deokar, Raosaheb Shinde, Anantrao Deshpande, Darshini Bhattaji, Saroja Parulkar, Govindbhau Joshi, Madhavrao More, Ramchandrabapu Patil, Daulatrao Ghumare, Ravi Kashikar, Saroj Kashikar, Suman Agarwal, Shailaja Deshpande, Sindhutai Joshi, Prabhakar Joshi, Nirmala Deshpande, Gopal Paranjape, G. R. Dixit, Sharad Deshpande, Shrikant Umarikar, Ramnathan Krushn Gandhi, Ajit Narade, Satish Kamat, Vijay Salunkhe, Gunwant Hangargekar Patil, Chetana Gala Sinha, Anjali Kirtane, Bhaskarrao Borawake, Nitin Bhosale, Varun Mitra, Suresh Dwadashiwar, Amar Habib, Milind Murugkar, Chandrakant Wankhade, Indrajit Bhalerao, Sheshrao Mohite, Baban Shelar, Ravi Dewang, Madan Diwan, Vinay Hardikar, Vivek Sawant, Wamanrao Chatap, Shyam Ashtekar, Raghunathdada Patil, Giridhar Patil, Raju Shetty, Shankaranna Dhondage, Deokisan Sarda, Rajeev Basargekar, Purushottam Lahoti, D. N. Dhanagare, Shyam Pawar, Mama Shinde, Dattaprasad Dabholkar, Sharad Gopal Kale, Avinash Aragade, Gopalsheth Maruti Jaganade, Ramrao Minde, Sada Dumbare, Madhukar Raghunath Shete, Prahlad Ranganath Deshmukh, Tukaram Nirgude Patil, Sanjay Panse, Anjali Arun 20
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Sharad Joshi : Leading Farmers to the Centre Stage
